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  • in reply to: something basic that I don't understand…. #8673
    cmcgrath5035
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    Discussion would be a whole lot easier if G code had line numbers.

    Your posted parameters show all G92 offsets =0
    I guess you snapshot that before your G92?

    At any rate, you may have stumbled on a bug that was found and fixed between FW 440.14 and 440.16.
    Other fixes were added and FW440.18 made Master.

    Upgrade your FW and try again.

    in reply to: Motors moving too fast #8671
    cmcgrath5035
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    Need to see your parameters:

    Please be very specific when your report in, Versions sometimes change on an hourly basis.

    SPJS 1.83?
    Your parameter dump will provide $fw
    Jogging should be ~instantaneous, so lag is not the end of the world but is an indicator of problem(s)

    in reply to: something basic that I don't understand…. #8670
    cmcgrath5035
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    The values of $nPM look strange, lots of =0, ?

    You firmware is way out of date, current Master has been quite stable – fw=440.18.

    I think your parameters are OK, with exception of $nPM, but power management did not work well back at 435.10.
    You may be losing your zero position as the job runs.

    After running the job one, enter a G1 X0Y0Z0,
    does machine move back to your zero point?

    PS
    Please report settings in mm.
    Best to enter parameters in mm as well, then w=switch to inch if you must.
    There are many inch related bugs in old fw.

    in reply to: Tuning help? #8667
    cmcgrath5035
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    Weatherman: It is hard to tell what else might be going on that you don’t mention, but I am guessing for sure given the time frame that tinyG is getting reset a lot due to power down, power up.

    So simply rebooting does not help, I guess.
    Or would you say that jogging is directionally consistent after a reboot until you try to change a parameter?
    If that is true, would you also say that , after a reboot, changes made from the command line are OK but changes made with the CP configuretinyG widget cause the direction to be erratic for a while?

    Regarding you dimension errors (1″ circle resulted in 0.97″.
    That’s a 3% error, should be better than that .
    You are talking the bit diameter into account when you run the Gcode, correct?

    If you stay in mm, do the reversals occur as well?

    What I mean is:
    1. reboot, machine comes up in mm.
    2. G1 X10 to move to right 10mm
    3. G1 X-10 to move back to zero.
    Does this work?

    in reply to: Compiling tinyg2 #8663
    cmcgrath5035
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    OK, good debug!

    But, which branch are you trying to build?
    I see 8 different branches available.
    I would expect master and edge to build, the others may/may not be that well maintained.

    With Win7, you should not have any driver signing issues.

    in reply to: Compiling tinyg2 #8659
    cmcgrath5035
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    inbasys: For starters, what OS and release runs Atmel Studio? Win8 and beyond are known to be overly fussy about driver signing .
    And, what branch of the tinyG2 are you attempting to build?
    Clean build, or have you made local Modifications to the files?

    in reply to: Delta printer support? #8657
    cmcgrath5035
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    tinyG will not do the necessary translation for you, but I recall a similar “wirebot” project solved with a Chilipeppr Macro a long while back.(a year or so)
    It was an update to something Synthetos did a longer time ago

    in reply to: FlexMod P3 #8656
    cmcgrath5035
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    First I have seen it here, perhaps others will stop by

    in reply to: Verify error on update #8244
    cmcgrath5035
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    What I meant was Mouse hover(but not left click) then right click, but thanks for the ?dl=1 hint, that is much cleaner.

    Enjoy 440.18

    in reply to: Tuning help? #8241
    cmcgrath5035
    Moderator

    Thanks for the info.
    Some items for the devs to review, some unusual behavior.

    in reply to: Verify error on update #8239
    cmcgrath5035
    Moderator

    Mouse over the URL, right click mouse, choose “Save As”.
    The file should be downloaded to your browser’s default Downloads directory.
    Move it from there to your “flash_tinyG” folder.

    in reply to: Tuning help? #8236
    cmcgrath5035
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    Alex
    What sort of machine do your have, just curious?
    $_tr=60 and minimal microstepping sort of unusual around here, but
    the settings are legitimate.
    It is, for sure, a big machine, based on $xtm and $ytm.

    How do you define “connecting perfectly” ?

    When connections initiated, do $ and $pos commands return reasonable responses?

    in reply to: Networking two TinyGs #8235
    cmcgrath5035
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    John watches

    more often than here

    in reply to: Tuning help? #8232
    cmcgrath5035
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    FW 440.19 is now available, upgrade when you can.
    It addresses a corner case in Arc processing and is not directly related to your issues, I believe

    I can test the jogs via the cp widget and the machine will move fine. I’ll go into the settings and make adjustments, save them, and then the fun begins.

    I assume you are using the configuretinyG widget?
    I am not 100% sure if that widget is working properly given all the recent changes in CP and tinyG FW.

    Try this:
    1. Exit CP, kill the SPJS process
    2. reset (push button) tinyG
    3. Restart SPJS and CP
    4. Reconnect to tinyG
    5. Jogging working again?
    6. Post a $$ dump for review
    7. Try making your parameter changes one at a time on the Serial Port Console widget.
    8. That work better?

    in reply to: Newbie – Unable to update firmware #8229
    cmcgrath5035
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    Good news!
    I am not familiar with AVR Dragon, am sort of surprised that 5″ to 2″ fixed it, but good is good.

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